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Egg consumption reduces the risk of depressive symptoms in the elderly: findings from a 6-year cohort study

07/02/2023

PMID: 36650485 PMCID: PMC9843850 DOI: 10.1186/s12888-023-04540-2 Background: Accumulating evidence showed that dietary habits might modify the risk of depression. This study aimed to evaluate the longitudinal association of egg consumption with depressive symptoms in the Chinese elderly...

Association between maternal choline, foetal brain development and child neurocognition; systematic review and meta-analysis of human studies

20/09/2022

Oeid R. August 2022. Association between maternal choline, foetal brain development and child neurocognition; systematic review and meta-analysis of human studies. Advances in Nutrition. doi: 10.1093/advances/nmac082 ABSTRACT We studied associations between prenatal and early postnatal...

Is dietary choline intake related to dementia and Alzheimer's disease risk: results from the Framingham Heart Study

30/08/2022

Abstract Background The positive association of choline for cognition has been reported in both animal and human studies, yet the association of choline with the risk of incident dementia or Alzheimer's disease (AD) in humans is unclear. Objectives Our objective was to test the hypothesis...

Vitamin K2 Holds Promise for Alzheimer’s Prevention and Treatment

24/06/2021

Propescu A, German M ,27 June 2021 ,Vitamin K2 Holds Promise for Alzheimer’s Prevention and Treatment ,Nutrients 2021,doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13072206 Abstract: Recent studies have highlighted the importance of vitamin K2 (VK2) in human health. However, there have been no clinical...

The Impact of Egg Consumption on Visual Cognitive Performance in the Nutrition, Vision, and Cognition in Health: Egg (IONHealth-Egg) Study

07/06/2021

Beathard K ,Georghiades N ,Walzem R ,07 June 2021 ,The Impact of Egg Consumption on Visual Cognitive Performance in the Nutrition, Vision, and Cognition in Health: Egg (IONHealth-Egg) Study , Current Developments in Nutrition ,doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzab033_003 Abstract...

Dietary lutein plus zeaxanthin and choline intake is interactively associated with cognitive flexibility in middle-adulthood in adults with overweight and obesity

28/01/2021

Edwards, C.G., Walk, A.M., Thompson, S.V., Reeser, G.E., Dilger, R.N., Erdman Jr, J.W., Burd, N.A., Holscher, H.D., Khan, N.A. 15 January 2021, An International Journal on Nutrition, Diet and Nervous System, Nutritional Neuroscience, https://doi.org/10.1080/1028415X.2020.1866867 Abstract...

Maternal choline and respiratory coronavirus effects on fetal brain development

12/06/2020

Freedman, R., Hunter, Sharon.K., Law, Amanda.K., Introduction The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) anticipate that maternal COVID-19 infection will affect fetal development like other respiratory coronaviruses (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2020). COVID-19 is not usually...

Associations of dietary choline intake with risk of incident dementia and with cognitive performance: the Kuopio Ischaemic Heart Disease Risk Factor Study

30/07/2019

ABSTRACT Background Moderate egg intake has been associated with better cognitive performance in observational studies. This association may be due to the rich content of choline, especially phosphatidylcholine, in eggs because choline has been suggested to have a role in the prevention of...

Maternal choline supplementation ameliorates Alzheimer’s disease pathology by reducing brain homocysteine levels across multiple generations. Velazquez R, et al. Mol Psychiatry. 2019; Epub ahead of print.

08/01/2019

Abstract The lack of effective treatments for Alzheimer's disease (AD) is alarming, considering the number of people currently affected by this disorder and the projected increase over the next few decades. Elevated homocysteine (Hcy) levels double the risk of developing AD. Choline, a...

Choline: The Underconsumed and Underappreciated Essential Nutrient

01/11/2018

Wallace, Taylor C., PhD, CFS, FACN; Blusztajn, Jan Krzysztof, PhD; Caudill, Marie A., PhD, RD; Klatt, Kevin C., MS; Natker, Elana, MS, RD; Zeisel, Steven H., MD, PhD; Zelman, Kathleen M., MPH, RD, LD Wallace Taylor C, Blusztajn Krzysztof J et al, 1 November 2018, Choline: The Underconsumed...